rob-atl
03-01-2009, 01:59 PM
Soneone asked me WHY I bought a 700 as my first Nitro, and if I still think it's the right decision. Good question! I LIKE the 700, and I think it's great quality, but I need to finish getting backwards & inverted backwards flight down, and wish I'd purchased a 600Ni and waited on the 700 until I was done with those 2 orientations.
My updated Objectives in a new heli:
NOW I realize what I need/ would appreciate most is stable,
affordable to crash,
not too intimidating,
But especially- LONG flight times & less battery charging at field always killing my car battery (8s 600 charges)
Be sure to ask yourself: "What do I want to learn / practice/ master in the next 6-9 months?" Would this really help me to do that better than any other?
Probably what would have helped me more is a 600 N (which I don't own)
1. Nitro not too much of a hassle, but 700 drinks it twice as fast as 600!.
2. What I really like is the long flight times, & 600 would be more affordable.
3. It is really big, heavy, expensive to crash. I've just crashed it once, but it lands hard, and more parts needed replacing than I'm used to with 450,500,600.
4. I'm not "afraid" of the 700. I will hover it and flip it below 10-15' off the ground. I'll fly it all around inverted. But it IS a BIG bird that could do some real damage with a mistake!!
The Crash:
I figured the 700 is so big you can't loose orientation! Wrong!! It's super powerful, and can get far away just as fast or faster than any heli, if you don't have a manuever down perfectly. (or are flying in a 25mph wind because the 700 can handle it so well!) So while flying backwards, and getting blown down wind FAST, on an overcast day, I lost orientation !
I've got inverted forward down really well now, working on backward flight which is going OK. But I've got so much to learn, and I LOVE the 500 & 600 sizes, the 700 isn't adding as much fun/ capability as I expected. Maybe I bought it 6-9 months early.
Why did I do it?
I figured if making the jump to Nitro, I should also experience a NEW SIZE (why get a 2nd 600). But the 700 size is not quite as much fun to me right now as I expected, as I really want to learn a bunch of stuff before summer , which may result in more crashes along the way!!
Rob
(all in answer to a message I received)
I was just wondering how you liked it compared to the 600? i.e. is nitro more of a hassle in your opinion than electric, what made you do it etc? Also, how much more do you like the size?
My updated Objectives in a new heli:
NOW I realize what I need/ would appreciate most is stable,
affordable to crash,
not too intimidating,
But especially- LONG flight times & less battery charging at field always killing my car battery (8s 600 charges)
Be sure to ask yourself: "What do I want to learn / practice/ master in the next 6-9 months?" Would this really help me to do that better than any other?
Probably what would have helped me more is a 600 N (which I don't own)
1. Nitro not too much of a hassle, but 700 drinks it twice as fast as 600!.
2. What I really like is the long flight times, & 600 would be more affordable.
3. It is really big, heavy, expensive to crash. I've just crashed it once, but it lands hard, and more parts needed replacing than I'm used to with 450,500,600.
4. I'm not "afraid" of the 700. I will hover it and flip it below 10-15' off the ground. I'll fly it all around inverted. But it IS a BIG bird that could do some real damage with a mistake!!
The Crash:
I figured the 700 is so big you can't loose orientation! Wrong!! It's super powerful, and can get far away just as fast or faster than any heli, if you don't have a manuever down perfectly. (or are flying in a 25mph wind because the 700 can handle it so well!) So while flying backwards, and getting blown down wind FAST, on an overcast day, I lost orientation !
I've got inverted forward down really well now, working on backward flight which is going OK. But I've got so much to learn, and I LOVE the 500 & 600 sizes, the 700 isn't adding as much fun/ capability as I expected. Maybe I bought it 6-9 months early.
Why did I do it?
I figured if making the jump to Nitro, I should also experience a NEW SIZE (why get a 2nd 600). But the 700 size is not quite as much fun to me right now as I expected, as I really want to learn a bunch of stuff before summer , which may result in more crashes along the way!!
Rob
(all in answer to a message I received)
I was just wondering how you liked it compared to the 600? i.e. is nitro more of a hassle in your opinion than electric, what made you do it etc? Also, how much more do you like the size?